[sust-mar] Senior Development Manager, f/t, Tides Canada, Vancouver/Toronto or remote

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Position: Senior Development Manager
Organization: Tides Canada Foundation
Location: Vancouver or Toronto Office, or remote location

Full Time, Permanent

Starting as soon as possible

Tides Canada is dedicated to a healthy environment, social equity, and economic prosperity for all Canadians.

The Opportunity

Are you passionate about the environment and a just Canadian society? Are you interested in growing a strategic fundraising program? If so, the Senior Development Manager position at Tides Canada is for you.

About Tides Canada

>From Canada’s big cities to its remote land, waters, and rural communities, Tides Canada provides uncommon solutions for the common good. Our mission is to help Canadians secure a healthy environment in ways that promote social equity and economic prosperity.

As a national charity, Tides Canada recognizes the complex environmental and social problems that we face in Canada today. That’s why we provide strategy, expertise, and tools to ensure changemakers can get from vision to impact. We partner with a growing movement of philanthropists, foundations, businesses, and governments to accelerate and amplify positive change.

>From our shared platform, which enables a community of projects to share important administrative resources so more time and money goes towards impact, to our in-house strategic programs that deliver sophisticated grantmaking strategies in partnership with donors and local communities—Tides Canada is the partner for change. Join us in building a better Canada.

The Position

The Senior Development Manager reports to the Director of Development and in collaboration with their counterparts in both the Toronto and Vancouver offices as well as remote geographies to manage and execute strategies to increase cultivation and solicitation activities, leading to the achievement of revenue targets. Working with a wide range of partners, donors and tools, you will build and support the growth of fundraising by:
• Developing campaigns to solicit donations from an existing network of institutional partners
• Leveraging contributions from new partners, including individual donors, institutional donors, corporations, governments and other parties
• Developing a graduated plan to build and strengthen the capacity of the organization, board and staff to contribute to overall fundraising goals

Primary Responsibilities
• Manage the full scope of activities related to the identification, cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of an assigned portfolio of major gift and legacy gift prospects and donors, including individuals, foundations and corporations.
• In collaboration with colleagues, help build the opportunity pipeline for Tides Canada’s philanthropic advisory program.
• Proactively identify new potential major supporters and facilitate research, with prospect research support, that will inform donor cultivation strategies.
• Serve as the organization’s relationship manager and main point of contact for specific donors and prospects, as assigned.
• Work closely with the Development, Strategic Programs, and Executive teams to ensure all major gift donors are receiving appropriate and consistent stewardship and recognition.
• Manage a prospect pipeline, and employ a ‘moves management’ strategy to achieve year-end revenue targets successfully.
• Work with the Development, Finance, Shared Platform, Strategic Programs and Communications teams to improve processes that support cross-functional gift and donor management.
• Play a role in maintaining a culture of philanthropy within the organization.
• Participate in thought leadership activities both internal and externally, such as speaking at conferences, writing blogs etc.

Qualifications & Experience
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in professional fundraising, with a focus on major gifts and with significant exposure to stewardship, cultivation and donor management
• Knowledge of donor advised funds, philanthropic advisory services, and impact investing
• Skills in diplomacy and negotiation, and the ability to mediate between individual and facilitate groups of people working towards a common goal
• Exceptional service orientation combined with well-developed interpersonal and public relations skills to interface with major donors, senior volunteers and staff with the professional presence necessary to interact with various parties
• Ability to write and speak fluently and be able to write for the fundraising environment to advance fundraising cases for support and to develop strategic development plans
• Demonstrated ability to draft, and coach others to draft, proposals, gift agreements, stewardship letters and reports and other written documentation as required
• Excellent project management, prioritization and time-management skills to balance competing priorities, complex situations and tight deadlines while driving to surpass goals
• Working knowledge of charity regulatory environment and reporting requirements, fundraising, grant development and reporting
• Talent for identifying issues and problem-solving
• Experience with general financial oversight
• Experience using a CRM database and committed to maintaining accurate and detailed files and databases, notably Salesforce
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in applicable computer programs, donor databases and social media platforms
• Tech-savvy: Excellent comprehension and ease with the application of Microsoft Office programs, particularly Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Alignment with and enthusiasm for the mission, goals and values of Tides Canada
• Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation
• Awareness of conservation and/or social issues
• Member of AFP or CAGP

Employee Benefits: Our competitive benefits package includes health and dental insurance, an Employee Assistance Program, transit reimbursement, RRSP contribution, committed colleagues, a culture of innovation, and the sense of accomplishment that comes from helping to create a more just and sustainable world.

How to Apply: Together with your resume, please forward a cover letter which includes your responses to the following questions:
• What interests you most about this position? How did you hear about it?
• Why are you looking for a change?
• Briefly tell us how your skills and experiences are a good fit for this position.
• We have a budget range for this position, dependent on experience, that is competitive for the non-profit sector; to ensure a mutual best fit, please advise us of your minimum salary expectations.

Please send your resume and the cover letter with your responses to the above questions to careers at tidescanada.org by May 14, 2018. Thank you. 

Tides Canada is strongly committed to creating a diverse workplace environment and we welcome and encourage applications from the communities we serve. 

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 

Tides Canada will provide accommodation during all steps of the hiring process, upon request, to applicants with disabilities. Please advise us if you need any accommodation.

Our sincere appreciation to all those expressing interest in the position, however, only those applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. Thank you for your interest! 

No phone calls or recruiters please

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